..".What I contrast with this is the perpetuity of energy, which is not quaint. The Indian peoples in the United States have been working on this whole idea of universe where nothing is apportioned or excluded. I mention this because the mind/body is a whole system. If one part of the system doesn't work, you become sick. The seeming tonic to this deadly malaise is psychic interconnection. But now just the opposite is happening. If you look at the newspaper, civilization is rife with separation and fracture......" Interview with Will Alexander, Rain Taxi Sunrise in Armageddon is a work of...
..".What I contrast with this is the perpetuity of energy, which is not quaint. The Indian peoples in the United States have been working on this whol...
are but boulders which are shattered by spoilag Will Alexande In navigation a loxodrome, or rhumb-line, is a line that crosses all meridians at the same angle, maintaining one compass direction, a path of constant bearing. In his breakthrough poetry collection, The Sri Lankan Loxodrome, Will Alexander connects this theme to a lone Sri Lankan sailor who beheads sea snakes as an ongoing meditation while sailing the expanse of the Indian Ocean. Along the way he meets various African communities as he journeys eastward, from Madagascar to Sri Lanka. In lush, perfumed language filled with...
are but boulders which are shattered by spoilag Will Alexande In navigation a loxodrome, or rhumb-line, is a line that crosses all meridians at the sa...
The fifth volume of our Spotlight poetry series, Compression & Purity is a new collection of poetry by Los Angeles-based African American surrealist Will Alexander. Known for densely textured visionary epics influenced by poets like Aime Cesaire and Cesar Vallejo, Alexander here returns to shorter forms to address his ecological, cosmological, and historical concerns. Highlights include a monologue from the perspective of "The Blood Penguin," a song by the "New Water on Mars," and Alexander's autobiographical lyric essay, "My Interior Vita," describing the evolution of his artistic...
The fifth volume of our Spotlight poetry series, Compression & Purity is a new collection of poetry by Los Angeles-based African American su...
Diary as Sin is the powerful and evocative story of a blind girl, Rosanna Galvez. Confined to a private Catholic home in New Mexico, she unveils her beginnings as an incest baby - and moves through the odyssey beyond - with powerful incantatory language. Through poetic and often painful recall, Rosanna weaves a diary that will spellbind the reader with its imagistic and visionary prowess. Alexander cites Beckett, Bernhard and Goytisolo as an "ancestral trilology" for the work, living up to his forebears with some aplomb.
Diary as Sin is the powerful and evocative story of a blind girl, Rosanna Galvez. Confined to a private Catholic home in New Mexico, she unveils her b...
This is a compendium of poems by Los Angeles avant-garde poet Will Alexander, featuring two early works, 'Asia & Haiti' and 'Stratospheric Canticles' plus a previously unpublished collection call 'Impulse & Nothingness'.
This is a compendium of poems by Los Angeles avant-garde poet Will Alexander, featuring two early works, 'Asia & Haiti' and 'Stratospheric Canticles' ...
When looks could break a mirror... When little Agatha looks into a mirror, she sees only one thing: "The ugliest girl in the world." Because of her repulsive appearance, Agatha avoids people unless she's completely covered with a droopy hood, a thick scarf, and big boots. But one day Agatha accidently rushes out of her house without her usual disguise and her neighbors see her face for the first time. They are shocked What will Agatha do? Readers take the harrowing journey with Agatha as her neighbors set eyes on her for the first time. Her life is changed forever
When looks could break a mirror... When little Agatha looks into a mirror, she sees only one thing: "The ugliest girl in the world." Because of her re...
